diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
index 6f9de9d981f..d4da5c113c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     )
   '';
 
-  installPhase = ''make DESTDIR="$out" MKDIR_P="mkdir -p" install'';
+  installPhase = ''make MKDIR_P="mkdir -p" install'';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;